Hyperexpression of the gene for a bacillus α-amylase in bacillus subtilis cells: Enzymatic properties and crystallization of the recombinant enzyme

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1720-1725

  Ikawa, Kaori ^a   Araki, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsujino, Yukiharu ^a   Hayashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Kubo, Kazuhiro ^a   Igarashi, Kazuaki ^a   Hatada, Yuji ^a   Hagihara, Hiroshi ^a   Ozawa, Tadahiro ^a   Ozaki, Katsuya ^a   Kobayashi, Tohru ^a   Ito, Susumu ^a  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Bacillus; Cloning; Expression; amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BACTERIAL DNA; CATION; EDETIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EDETIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032150559     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1720     Document Type: Article

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